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In the US in 2019, 66 million tons of food waste came from retail, food service, and households and about 60% of this waste was sent to landfills. Massachusetts, which was among the first five states to enact a food waste ban in 2014, has become a leader in reducing food waste. Vanguard Renewables specializes in turning organic waste into renewable energy, partnering with dairy farms to convert food scraps and manure into biogas through anaerobic digestion. Its Agawam Organics Recycling Facility, one of only 25 nationwide, has processed more than 887,000 tons of food waste in New England since 2014, producing enough natural gas to heat 20,000 homes for a year, and by 2028, plans to have more than 50 systems across the US.
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